EMI Digital Head Wragg Out

Barney Wragg, who ran music label EMI's digital operations, has
left the company,
Billboard reports. This isn't supposed to be connected to
EMI's
planned layoffs, but it's not a surprise: Wragg took the job
in August 2006,
under EMI's old regime, and EMI's digital execs have generally
had short tenures at the company. No word on the status of
Lauren
Berkowitz, who runs digital for EMI's North American
operations.

Wragg is getting credited for EMI's move to sell DRM-free songs
via Apple's iTunes, though we're not sure how much of that was
his call and how much was former EMI CEO Eric Nicoli's desire to
throw a hail mary. Regardless, we are still waiting to hear how
the DRM-free songs have sold -- last spring Barney told us that
preliminary results were encouraging, but the company has been
mum about actual numbers.